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Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn has revealed he is consulting lawyers over the decision to give West Ham the Olympic Stadium.

Hearn has written to Prime Minister David Cameron and London mayor Boris Johnson asking them to delay the confirmation of West Ham as the future tenant of the venue after it was named preferred bidder by the Olympic Park Legacy Company board last week.

Orient could launch a judicial review as it looks to prove football authorities failed to follow due process by ignoring the impact West Ham's move to Stratford will have on the League One club.

The Olympic Stadium is situated close to Orient's Brisbane Road, and the club has continually voiced concerns that the arrival of West Ham could threaten its survival.

Hearn told Sky Sports News: "We are taking legal advice as to one, whether due process has been followed, in other words, has consideration been given by the Government, by the Olympic Legacy people to the future sustainability of Leyton Orient Football Club, never mind West Ham?

"The second argument is, are the Premier League themselves in breach of their own rules by sanctioning a move by a club closer to a resident football league club which would have an adverse effect on its sustainability?

"I don't like bullies, I don't like to feel I'm being bullied, and I think the best way is to back a bully up."

He added: "There's no doubt in my mind, and I think a blind man would say, that they can see West Ham moving to the Olympic Stadium will have an enormous adverse effect on Leyton Orient.

"So my question to [Premier League chief executive] Richard Scudamore is, what are you going to do for us? How can you help us achieve our sustainability, bearing in mind this does seem to be a pretty prima facie breach of your own rules?

“This club is too important a part of this community to let it just die and I don't think we've been considered properly by the people in high office when they've been making their Olympic decisions."